12-year-old raped by minor in Guna dist

BHOPAL

: A 12-year-old girl was raped and bludgeoned with stones in

Guna district

more than a month ago.


The accused, who is also a minor was booked only for the assault since the girl, who was found unconscious and was not in a position to speak. After the survivor recovered, she narrated the entire incident and the accused was booked for rape, arrested and produced before a juvenile court.

The survivor sustained injuries on her head and other body parts. The assault also left her with a fractured leg and hand.

The incident took place at a village under

Mrigwas police

outpost on June 12. The accused was arrested on July 4 and produced before the juvenile court. But the gruesome nature of the crime came to light when the condition of the survivor deteriorated again and she was brought to

district

hospital in Guna on Saturday.

As per the initial FIR registered in the case, the survivor’s father had gone to work in farm, and on returning he was informed by a villager that his daughter has been assaulted and she was lying in the bushes on outskirts of the village.

When the girl’s father reached the spot, he found her unconscious. She was rushed to the local police outpost and then sent to a community health centre in Kumbhraj for treatment. Doctors later referred her to the district hospital.

“She had blood clotting in her head and was not able to speak. When she gained consciousness, her statements were recorded. The accused has been arrested and sent to a reform home,” sub-divisional officer of police Aleem Khan told TOI.

Sources said that accused took the girl to the nearby bushes and attacked her with an intention to kill.

“Since the girl was not in a condition to speak initially, she was sent for treatment on a priority basis. But, later during the course of investigations, a case of attempt to murder and rape was registered against the minor boy,” Mrigwas police outpost incharge, CP Dixit said.